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Ed Sheeran 2018 Stadium Tour **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales**

  • 26-06-2017 1:42pm
    #1
    livelife
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭


    Ed Sheeran is announcing his stadium tour on Wednesday.

    Pearce Stadium in Galway is likely to host at least one show

    Summer 2018


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  • #2
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,100 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    If that's true, a regional Irish tour would be cool. Always nice to see bands do something like that.

    Not that I'd go myself mind!


  • #3
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,718 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Possibly (summer 2018)
    Pearse stadium Galway
    Thomond Park Limerick
    PUC Cork
    Somewhere in Dublin and Belfast

    Or he could just do 2/3 Croke Park dates in 2018


  • #4
    Muir
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Muir


    Tickets will be going on sale Saturday 8th July at 9am for Ireland (10am UK and Europe).
    I think he'll do stadiums around Ireland, definitely said during the last tour it was the plan for the next stadium tour.


  • #5
    Zardoz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Is there no end to this guy ?
    No sooner he finishes his European indoor tour that he announces a stadium tour for over a year in advance.
    Nice guy Ed ,mad for money.


  • #6
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,718 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Is there no end to this guy ?
    No sooner he finishes his European indoor tour that he announces a stadium tour for over a year in advance.
    Nice guy Ed ,mad for money.

    doubt ill be going to any of the shows but i hate when they announce gigs a year in advance and tickets go on sale early

    its like there afraid there going to become unpopular a few months before the shows take place , so they have put tickets on sale a year in advance


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  • #7
    Muir
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Muir


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Is there no end to this guy ?
    No sooner he finishes his European indoor tour that he announces a stadium tour for over a year in advance.
    Nice guy Ed ,mad for money.

    The indoor tour was a warm up, the demand for tickets was many multiples higher than what was available. The plan for him to do a stadium tour next year was announced before the indoor arena dates were.


  • #8
    Irishgal2000
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭Irishgal2000


    Anyone an idea what month the tour will be in Ireland?


  • #9
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Is there no end to this guy ?
    No sooner he finishes his European indoor tour that he announces a stadium tour for over a year in advance.
    Nice guy Ed ,mad for money.

    And the only way to make money these days, little money in sales of records and downloads


  • #10
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Is there no end to this guy ?
    No sooner he finishes his European indoor tour that he announces a stadium tour for over a year in advance.
    Nice guy Ed ,mad for money.

    Can't blame him his music is very disposable, best strike while the iron is still hot in fairness to the chap


  • #11
    Zardoz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Muir wrote: »
    The indoor tour was a warm up, the demand for tickets was many multiples higher than what was available. The plan for him to do a stadium tour next year was announced before the indoor arena dates were.

    You could say the indoor tour was a warm up ,you could also say it was a cynical move to create hype for the stadia tour.

    I just find it really cynical that the week after he finishes the European indoor tour he decides to announce a stadia tour for over 12 months away .

    I just don't understand the guys appeal.
    I saw him a couple of months ago in London (was dragged by the missus ) in the Albert Hall .
    He had no band, his sound mix was poor and his loop machine had a mind of its own ,he couldn't shut it off near the end of the gig.
    I saw The Who and the Pet Shop Boys the same week and he was a complete amateur compared to those guys.


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  • #12
    Muir
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Muir


    Zardoz wrote: »
    You could say the indoor tour was a warm up ,you could also say it was a cynical move to create hype for the stadia tour.

    I just find it really cynical that the week after he finishes the European indoor tour he decides to announce a stadia tour for over 12 months away .

    I just don't understand the guys appeal.
    I saw him a couple of months ago in London (was dragged by the missus ) in the Albert Hall .
    He had no band, his sound mix was poor and his loop machine had a mind of its own ,he couldn't shut it off near the end of the gig.
    I saw The Who and the Pet Shop Boys the same week and he was a complete amateur compared to those guys.

    The world would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing. Why worry about the tour of someone you dislike, go enjoy some good music you do like & plan a trip to a gig you'll enjoy!

    I want him to be less popular again anyway, smaller venues and cheaper tickets!


  • #13
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,718 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    7 irish shows next summer

    https://www.joe.ie/music/ed-sheeran-announced-7-shows-ireland-next-summer-593239

    First act in the new PUC in Cork also playing in Galway, Dublin and Belfast


  • #14
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,261 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, on May 4th and 5th, Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, on May 9th, Pearse Stadium, Galway, on May 12th and 13th and Phoenix Park, Dublin, on May 16th and 18th.


  • #15
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,718 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Exclamation Marc wrote: »
    Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, on May 4th and 5th, Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, on May 9th, Pearse Stadium, Galway, on May 12th and 13th and Phoenix Park, Dublin, on May 16th and 18th.

    Very good for his fans anyway

    Really thought he would play Croke Park next summer but not too be


  • #16
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,261 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Very good for his fans anyway

    Really thought he would play Croke Park next summer but not too be

    Agreed, can't see touts having too much joy with that capacity over so many gigs.


  • #17
    MuffinTop86
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭MuffinTop86


    Pearse stadium nice! A gig that won't take hours of torture to get to/from is always a nice surprise.
    I wouldn't be a huuuge fan though so not sure.


  • #18
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    Is that 7 gigs on this Island in total ? :eek:


  • #19
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Artists hardly ever do a tour of this little island. Yeah can't see the touts bothering with this one. Were probably counting their profits before the dates were announced :D


  • #20
    lisasimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    Im a bit blah when it comes to ed but if he sells out alll them dates you have to hand it to him. Any idea how much the tickets are


  • #21
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    The Bruce approach. A good strategy in Ireland. Not a fan, but more power to him if he sells them out.


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  • #22
    lisasimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    Hopefully its a success and this on top of bruce a few yrs back might encourage more artist to do the same


  • #23
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    They have also said you need the credit card, id and booking confirmation for entry. But they don't usually enforce that too strictly when thousands of people are trying to get in.

    I don't understand how he's so popular, also playing 6 stadiums in mainland UK.


  • #24
    canireally
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭canireally


    I'm interested to see how they enforce that ID etc. What if I give the tickets to a friend etc. I can see the entire show selling out in a couple of hours though.


  • #25
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Wheety wrote: »

    I don't understand how he's so popular, also playing 6 stadiums in mainland UK.

    :confused::confused:


  • #26
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,615 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    What if I give the tickets to a friend

    Let your friend get their own tickets?
    If not, you would have to go as well with them or ID won't match.


  • #27
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,849 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    seachto7 wrote: »
    The Bruce approach. A good strategy in Ireland. Not a fan, but more power to him if he sells them out.

    I think he will sell out Cork and Dublin, wondering would both venues add a 3rd show
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #28
    board stiff
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭board stiff


    This is the message that appears underneath the event listing (Link below)

    You are required to bring your tickets, booking confirmation and credit card, plus a form of ID or you may not be granted entry to the show. Your ticket is not valid if resold unless it’s through our official face-value resale partner Twickets

    http://www.edsheeran.com/euuk2018tour

    Herself will be happy now, surely we should be able to get tickets now for him. Yippee :)


  • #29
    siobhan08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭siobhan08


    What would be the capacity for the Phoenix Park Gig?


  • #30
    Zardoz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Wheety wrote: »
    They have also said you need the credit card, id and booking confirmation for entry. But they don't usually enforce that too strictly when thousands of people are trying to get in.

    They wont enforce that ,not a hope .
    I don't understand how he's so popular, also playing 6 stadiums in mainland UK.

    6 at the moment but he will add extra dates at all of those venues.
    He is playing 12 sold out stadium concerts in Australia and 6 in New Zealand .He broke Dire Straits and AC/DC's touring record in Australia.
    Its baffling how popular he is .


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  • #31
    peckerdara
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭peckerdara


    How many will the Phoenix Park hold? He could probably attract as much as the Pope!!


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